Map mania : discovering where you are and getting to where you aren't / Michael A. DiSpezio ; [illustrated by Dave Garbot].
| Author/creator | Dispezio, Michael A. |
| Other author | Garbot, Dave, illustrator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Sterling Pub., ©2002. |
| Description | 80 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Have you ever been lost? -- Halls of horror -- Making your own floor plan -- Making your own map -- Ready? Draw. -- Street smarts -- New direction -- Time for navigation tools -- Compass basics (and basic compasses) -- Orienteering compass -- Showing off -- Parking lot: lost world -- Nose knows -- Only the shadow knows -- Natural (but imperfect) compasses -- Seeing stars -- North star - When the dipper dips too low -- Getting unlost: celestial fix -- Historical side trip -- Let's get physical (and political) -- Ups and downs of topos -- Slicing up the earth -- Gorey details -- Map mania -- Where in the map? -- Mom! Dad! How much longer? -- Lost in space (transmission intermission) -- Help from above -- Tool time -- Lost! -- Bermuda triangle -- Disappearance of Flight 19 -- Lost Dutchman Mine -- When being lost is where you want to be -- Lost continent of Atlantis -- Lost treasure of Oak Island. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 2001020773 |
| ISBN | 0806944072 |
| ISBN | 9780806944074 |
| ISBN | 0613779991 |
| ISBN | 9780613779999 |
| ISBN | 1402705999 |
| ISBN | 9781402705991 |
| Stock number | 1061507 QBI |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 912 D6325M | ✔ Available | Place Hold |